LITTLE WITLEY

Descriptive Notes:

Directories:
WITLEY (LITTLE), a chapelry in the parish of HOLT, lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 6¾ miles (S. S. W.) from Stourport, containing 302 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. Michael. [Topographical Dictionary of England 1831 by Samuel Lewis]

Status:
A chapel in Holt Ancient Parish and a separate Civil Parish in 1866.[25]
The chapelry of Little Witley was transferred from the parish of Holt to the parish of Great Witley in 1904 [5]

Location:
O.S. Ref: SO769649
8½ miles west from Droitwich, 8 miles N.W. of Worcester on the A443, 2 miles S.E. of Great Witley.

Parish Church:
Chapel of Holy Trinity formerly St. Michael & All Angels [38]

Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction:
Archdeaconry & Diocese of Worcester [1] [25]

Hundred:
Lower Oswaldslow [11] [25]

Poor Law Union:
Martley [3] [25]

Adjoining Parishes:
Great Witley; Shrawley; Holt; Wichenford; Martley [1]

Parish Registers:

		Coverage	Source
Microform at WLHC	Christenings	1680-1965	[5]
	Marriages	1680-1958	[5]
	Burials	1680-1967	[5]
Transcripts at WLHC	Christenings	1680-1846	[27]
	Marriages	1680-1836	[27]
	Burials	1680-1744	[27]
Originals at WRO	Marriages	1680-1972	[12]
	Banns	1756-1811, 1824-1958	[12]

1680 seems to be the earliest extant register. The bishops' transcripts date back to 1621.[5]

Bishops' Transcripts:
Begin 1621 Worcestershire Library and History Centre [22]

International Genealogical Index (IGI):
[19]

		Coverage
Parish Registers	Births / Christenings	1680-1875
	Marriages	1688-1754; 1813-1875

Register Copies:
Chapelry of St.Michael & All Angels; Christenings 1680-1846, Marriages 1680-1836, Burials 1680-1744 BMSGH microfiche [9]

Chapel of St. Michael & All Angels: Christenings 1680-1846, Marriages 1680-1836, Burials 1680-1744, 1749, 1763: Worcestershire registers, vol. 2 [Photocopy.] - Published Birmingham : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry - Author: Wright, Betty (trans.) Society of Genealogists [68]

Monumental Inscriptions and Associated Documents:
St.Michael BMSGH microfiche [53]
St.Michael Worcestershire Library and History Centre [51]
St. Michael: Worcestershire monumental inscriptions, vol. 10 - Published : Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry, 1990 - Authors: Bushell, L C (trans.) & Farmer, G R (trans.) Society of Genealogists [59]

Census Records:
Access to all the censuses between 1841 and 1901 is now widely available on the library edition of Ancestry.co.uk at most record offices. You are strongly advised to book time on their computers before making a visit.
Many commercial organisations have issued CDs and DVDs covering all the censuses from 1841 to 1901.

Some repositories offer census details on microfiche as listed below:
1841-1901 at Worcestershire Library and History Centre [14]

Search Services (Fee paying) - BMSGH and Independent:
Burial 1680-1744 Worcestershire Burial Index
Marriage see Worcestershire Marriage Index

Schools Records:
A handlist of the records of schools and of other educational establishments held by Worcestershire Record Office for this parish can be found here.

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